Msamir Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I have a file that is 53 MBs and everytime I save it takes too long, is there a way to lower the savings time ? Thanks I'm using Max 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 delete unwanted geometry. turn off any unused xrefs. turn off auto save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 ... turn off auto save. ... you're living dangerously mate! from a hardware standpoint ~ save time primarily comes down to hd speed and cache. If your system is a few years old or is a laptop, chances are it's only a 4200 or 5200 rpm hd with not a lot of cache... slow saves (with files that big anyway) are normal:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 ... you're living dangerously mate! na not if you get use to hitting ctrl+s every 2 seconds ive relied on auto save too many times before, only to find the only autobak file was about 3 hours out of date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 na not if you get use to hitting ctrl+s every 2 seconds that itself can be counter-productive when you're saving 53mb files on a slow HD. ive relied on auto save too many times before, only to find the only autobak file was about 3 hours out of date! ... have you set the autosave? I guess I've been lucky and not had problems. I'm sure there can be some scene optimization for that file... unless the 53mb is a single object:D If the saving is that slow, break the file up into parts, work on each of them as needed and then recombine for rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msamir Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 If the saving is that slow, break the file up into parts, work on each of them as needed and then recombine for rendering. Seems like that is what i'm going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin walker Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 having the same problem 35 meg file, no x-refs, no ACAD data, everything collapesed theres a quite a few groups though....seem to remember somewhere that slows things down soooooper annoying ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 having the same problem 35 meg file, no x-refs, no ACAD data, everything collapesed theres a quite a few groups though....seem to remember somewhere that slows things down soooooper annoying ! that's not big enough to be anything other than a few second save. I've got a 39mb file open without any groups or the other stuff you mentioned above and with my 10k raptor sata hd, my saves are taking about 15 seconds. A 7200k disk should be right around there too. [rant begin]with regards to your workflow and everything migrating to 64bit and therefore, much larger data sets, storage speed is becoming (or should be) an increasing concern for us all. Processors are getting faster by the day while storage is not... at least the parts that are available to us as lowly consumers. [rant over] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdravko Barisic Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 What about "Increment on save"? How does it depend on saving time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 How much 3d space do you use, I have found that if you are working a far way from the center (x0,y0,z0) then it takes a bit longer to save. Half the time when I import cad drawings they are waaaay off center, then I just group everything and right-click the xyz input boxes at the bottom. Have anyone used the 'compress on save' function? (see the image tecton3d posted) its gr8, from a 200mb file it save it into a 9mb file (don't think saving times are reduced though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyorl Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 If u're saving your file over the local network it could take looong time to save, I'm trying to save all the geometry file localy, and of course using RAID could speed up your savings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Have anyone used the 'compress on save' function? (see the image tecton3d posted) its gr8, from a 200mb file it save it into a 9mb file (don't think saving times are reduced though). i leave it on all the time, and love it. i have always wondered if the compression slowed things down due to the time it would take to compress and decompress. I have a file that is 53 MBs and everytime I save it takes too long, is there a way to lower the savings time ? back to the large file size, have you run garbage collector on it? in the max script dialog box, lower left corber, type... gc() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msamir Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 back to the large file size, have you run garbage collector on it? in the max script dialog box, lower left corner, type... gc() I thought this only worked in previous versions than 9 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I thought this only worked in previous versions than 9 ? hmmm. i hadn't heard that. i tried it in 9, and it didn't reject the command. ...but it didn't reduce my file size any either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msamir Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 hmmm. i hadn't heard that. i tried it in 9, and it didn't reject the command. ...but it didn't reduce my file size any either. Yes I also tried it and didn't reduce anything apparently it was a problem and was solved in the max 8 Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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